Counseling and support groups

Emotional support and self-destructive behavior

Addiction Action Committee: Public-private partnership started by the Division of Public Health and the Medical Society of Delaware to bring together multiple stakeholders to address the prescription drug abuse problem in Delaware.

atTAcK addiction, a grassroots advocacy group, provides a monthly drug awareness and prevention program called Reality Tour that takes you into the life experiences of a teen addicted to drugs. Intended for youth ages 10-17, who must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Prevent Youth Suicide : Resource website for parents, teens and the community.

Office of Adolescent Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Parent Hotline: 855-DRUGFREE (378-4373)

Annual Study of Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drug Abuse Among 5th, 8th and 11th-Grade Students in Delaware Public Schools.

Strategic Prevention Framework – State Incentive Grant: Partnering to reduce substance abuse and related problem behaviors by strengthening children, families and communities through prevention and early intervention training, education and services.

The Medicine Abuse Project : Five-year action campaign that aims to prevent half a million teens from abusing medicine by the year 2017.

Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families: Provides a continuum of prevention services, early intervention services, and mental health and substance abuse treatment programs for children and youth.

Partnership for Drug-Free Kids: Nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing teen substance abuse and helping families impacted by addiction, including guides and resources.

Red Clay School Nurses: Red Clay School Nurses have been on the forefront of prevention efforts at the high school, middle school and now elementary school level, using the Smart Moves, Smart Choices program.

Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health: Information on prevention training, initiatives and events across the state to encourage safe and healthy Delawareans across the lifespan.

Project Engage is an early intervention and referral to substance use disorder treatment program, within Christiana Care Health System, designed to help hospital patients who may be struggling with alcohol or drug use. Project Engage collaborates with hospital staff to identify and connect patients with community-based treatment programs and other resources.

Addiction Action Committee: Public-private partnership started by the Division of Public Health and the Medical Society of Delaware to bring together multiple stakeholders to address the prescription drug abuse problem in Delaware.

Hero Help, administered by the New Castle County Police Department, is a collaboration with the Delaware Department of Justice and DHSS’ Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health to provide drug and/or alcohol addiction treatment to qualifying adults who contact the police and ask for treatment, or to individuals in lieu of an immediate arrest for lesser crimes.

Hosts ongoing education seminars that are open to the public at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1104 N. Adams St., Wilmington.

Community awareness campaign in Sussex and Kent counties about the dangers of substance abuse, support for education and treatment, reducing the stigma of addiction, and sending a message of hope and healing.

atTAcK addiction, a grassroots advocacy group, provides a monthly drug awareness and prevention program called Reality Tour that takes you into the life experiences of a teen addicted to drugs. Intended for youth ages 10-17, who must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Grassroots advocacy and education group hosts monthly awareness and prevention program, Reality Tour, for parents and youth age 10-18.

Practical website from the Drug Enforcement Agency for parents, educators and caregivers.

Community Anti-Drug Coalitions: National membership organization representing more than 5,000 coalitions and affiliates nationwide.

University of Delaware’s Center for Drug and Health Studies: A collaborative effort to develop innovative approaches in the treatment of drug addiction.